Aviation View | April 2021

130 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 according to FAA regulations. Covering 938 acres at an elevation of 1,335 feet with an 8,800-foot runway, Rogue Valley International was recently reclassified as a Small Hub Airport and prior to COVID was already servicing over a million passengers a year. It is the third busiest airport in Oregon and home to around 200 GA aircraft with, of course, a waiting list. According to Foster, “We have two FBOs – Jet Center and Million Air – and commercial service from Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines; with UPS cargo by Ameriflight, and FedEx cargo. In fact, our airport did not lose a single direct route or destination during the pandemic. We maintained all our destinations and actually gained San Diego, and the new John Wayne Airport in Orange County just started service with us through Allegiant on February 12th. Alaska Airlines also resumed flights to LAX which they had pulled back in 2017. Our numbers were down around 53% last year, but we did pretty